/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.android.dx.cf.iface;

/**
 * Interface representing attributes of class files (directly or indirectly).
 */
public interface Attribute {

	/**
	 * Get the name of the attribute.
	 * 
	 * @return {@code non-null;} the name
	 */
	public String getName();

	/**
	 * Get the total length of the attribute in bytes, including the header.
	 * Since the header is always six bytes, the result of this method is always
	 * at least {@code 6}.
	 * 
	 * @return {@code >= 6;} the total length, in bytes
	 */
	public int byteLength();
}
